at the beginning of 2014, this is what ukraine's borders looked like. in february of that year russiaas then followed by a full—scale invasion 3 years ago. and this is ukraine today, with russia having seized more than 20% of its territory, seen here in red. the purple shows land russia took but that ukraine has since won back. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse has been to the south—east of the country, to speak to people who live on the banks of a reservoir, siren blares in distance the sounds and scars of russia's invasion. are you concerned that when it comes to sitting at the table, that that conversation might not include ukraine? first of all, it is impossible. we are fighting for our land. it's our land. it is impossible to make any decisions without ukraine. who will fulfil them? i want to remind everyone that it wasn't american marines that stopped the advance on kyiv, or the advance in the east and south of our country and in the streets. it is ukrainians fighting. without ukrainians, there is no deal of any agreement, that is clear. speaking about how similar are the plans

now he has broken through the russia-ukraine stalemate. by talking directly to president zelenskyy. then this morning with a phone call to vladimir putin of russia. if in a lengthy truth social post, he laid out a brand new u.s. strategy to end the war. in his own words, let me quote, i just had a lengthy and highly productive phone call with president vladimir putin of russia. we discussed ukraine, the middle east, energy, artificial intelligence, the power of the dollar and other various subjects. all right. end quote. now, joe biden never spoke to putin since the war began. not once. but trump is clearly making good on his campaign promise to end the war. and he's doing it with his usual warp speed. now, again, in his own words he posted -- and i'm going to quoth agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the war with russia-ukraine. president putin even used my very strong campaign motto of common sense. end quote for a moment. common sense has been a constant trump theme. for the economy, for the doge awed a admit

it would have never happened, and that includes russia. ukraine would have never happened, not even a little bit, not even a chance, but now we are faced with a situation that's different in some ways better and in some ways worse. but we're faced with a very complex and difficult situation, but we'll solve, we'll solve the problem. >> [indiscernible] >> what other countries do you think might accept palestinians from gaza? pres. trump: well, i think jordan and egypt will. i know they've spoken about it with you, and they say they're not going to accept. i say they will. but i think other countries will accept also. i think that gaza maybe is a demolition site right now. if you look at gaza, it's all -- i mean there's hardly a building standing, and the ones that are going to collapse. you can't live in gaza right now and i think we need another location. i think it should be a location that's going to make people happy. you look over the over the decades, it's all death in gaza. this has been happening for years. it's all death. if we can get a b

there was very little that vance said about ukraine, about russia. now, president zelenskyy of ukraine has addressed the delegates, and his speech went down and was interrupted many times by applause. he called for a strong europe. he said putin doesn't want peace. we need to make him actually come to a table where there is a serious plan. that is something that he can actually sign on to. that doesn't mean our surrender, and that doesn't mean that putin is able to pull the wool over, let's say, trump's eyes. he talked very, very lengthily with me during a side interview on stage about what his conversations with president trump has been and what he needs from the americans, including to have him himself meet with president trump before trump goes off to meet with putin. >> for the dialog between trump and putin. and i think this is i mean, this it's up to them. but they can discuss everything they want, but not about ukraine without us, i'm not happy. yes, but i think that that more dangerous if first meeting will be with putin and then with ukraine.

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i mean, what's going to assure ukraine that russia will never violate this agreement like it did the st agreement when they gave up all their nuclear weapons? ukraine did, and then russia invaded and nobody protected them because there were no enforcement mechanisms in that agreement. whatever is agreed upon will have to have enforcement mechanisms. i can think of no greater enforcement mechanism than a nato backstop. and this is how it would work. it'd be a trigger, um, trip wire if you will. if you invade ukraine again, then nato is back on the table. that would have a tremendous deterrence. >> did you bring this up with zelenskyy and what was his response? >> he likes it. >> and you know, you mentioned talks in saudi arabia. are you hopeful that they can start making ground with the russians? >> well, so these are two different things. i mean, one, the, yeah, i think on the ukraine thing, i think a lot of us going to pivot on the zelenskyy signing this contract for the mineral rights in ukraine and what the russian posture is. the thing about what jd vance did not say yesterday tha

probably a million people that lost their lives and injured in ukraine and russia. hing. ukraine never had any chance of winning this. putin knew that and we knew that. but the geocons pushing this war and it's un-fort. larry: the truth social posting and lengthy and highly productive phone call with putin and discussed middle east and ukraine war and so forth. we both agreed and putin wants to stop. that's breaking to me. that's brand new stuff. then he says including that, we begin and call zelensky and then they're going to meet with putin and his people that are going to be secretary of state rubio, cia director and john ratcliffe and nsa security mike walt and am bass -- mike waltz and ambassador witkoff. joe biden never talked to putin during the war. joe biden's people never tried to set up a process and trump is doing this by himself opportunistic the telephone. >> why would putin want to make a deal and he's getting huge progress going through ukraine and he's losing people and also picking up ground, moving west ford towards kyiv but he pes to get it done.

and that would be russia of course, and, and the war in ukraine. he barely mentioned russia and ukraine and, and didn't go into details at all. he said, actually unbridled migration into europe is a bigger, secure the threats. and of course, what he called, you know, the dangers to democracy. he said this could really unravel european society if leaders don't listen more to the voices of their citizens. yeah. and i was listening to his speech and he kept referring to the shared values on both sides of the atlantic. and i'm wondering there at the security conference, how much unity is there on display? it's very early in the conference. we're just getting started on the 1st afternoon of 3 days. so there's going to be much more of this to come. but we've also heard, for example, from the chinese foreign minister and what was price quite interesting brands is that the chinese, the chinese official was actually reaching out to europe and talking about how they would like to build bridges on trades. so we may see some, uh, you know, chest playing here at

. >> president biden says negotiations will begin immediately to and the russia-ukraine war that trump said that comes after the u.s. welcomed home in american last night as part of a prisoner swap with russia. maddie beer-temple reports. >> in exchange for getting marc fogel home, white house officials say the u.s. is releasing a russian criminal alexander vinik. he was arrested for cryptocurrency fraud and convicted of money laundering as marc fogel stepped back on american soil. feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. the white house says his release is a step forward in ending the russia-ukraine war. and it's a sign, as i just said, that we are moving in the right direction. president trump greeted the american teacher at the white house late tuesday after fogle spent about 3 years jailed in russia for having medical marijuana. it could be a big, important part of getting the war with ukraine. the prisoner swap comes amid new talks to end the russia-ukraine war. >> president trump said he had a phone call with russian president vladimir putin today saying on truth, social qu

president, you have suggested with regards to the russia-ukraine war, you suggested several things that ukraine should give up the idea of nato membership, the territory seized in 2014 by russia. what should russia give up? president trump: russia has gotten themselves into something i think they wished they didn't. if i were president, it would not have happened, absolutely would not have happened and it didn't happen for four years. if you look what has taken place under president bush, they lost a lot. under president obama they lost crimea. and under bide tennessee looks like they could lose the whole thing. under trump they lost nothing. ukraine lost nothing. they didn't give up anything. you look at the other three presidents surrounding me, they gave up a lot. i think that when you look at ukraine and when you look at the mess they're in, it's got to be ended and it's got to be stopped. russia has taken over a pretty big chunk of territory, and they also have said from day one long before president putin, they said they cannot have ukraine be in nato. they said that very strongly

god bless the people of russia and ukraine. i myself just spoke to the president about these calls and he told me to tell all of you. they were very good cause they were very positive and the administration is full hardly committed to a piece deal to end once and for all the russia ukraine. for more on that later, i'm sure you'll have more questions to ask um this week the president has continued to deliver on his promises to the american people. according to new polling that was released at the beginning of this week by cbs news and overwhelming 70 percent of americans said that president trump is following through on what he pledge to do during his historic campaign. okay, we're moving away from that for just a moment. hannah shall last back to you. so we were just listening to the white house press secretary, who was sounding very optimistic about the future of the russia ukraine war and bringing it to an end. but here's the thing when it comes to the issues that are or have been important for you, crane membership of nato,

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ukraine. as u.s. officials arrive for direct talks with russia. without ukraine. president zelenskyy says no deal behind ukraine's back. the department of education is now warning all schools, from preschool to college, to cut rates out of all considerations or risk losing federal funds. and the best performances from saturday night live 50th anniversary, plus new details about what happened backstage. i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn news center. >> very soon, european leaders will meet for an emergency meeting in paris as the u.s. closes in on its high stakes talks with russia. top white house officials will meet one on one with top russian officials tomorrow in saudi arabia. the goal, of course, to end russia's war in ukraine but notably missing ukraine or any officials with ukraine this morning. serious alarm now being raised over how president trump plans to negotiate. trump has said depending on how these talks go in the next 24 hours, he could be meeting with putin very soon. cnn's alayna treene is at the white house. we saw th

ukraine? it's russia, obviously. ern alliance supporting ukraine is falling apart. but they're not achieving anything, are they? kinshasa had actually demanded an end to their mandate, and they were to be... to leave the country. they had started the withdrawal. however, because of this renewed conflict with m23, the un security council renewed their mandate for one more year until december. they have more than 11,000 boots on the ground. and, you know, it's a vast region. it's heavily forested. it's quite complex, you know, with very... with limited road network. however, it has been a big challenge and, you know, the fact that they have been there for many years has led the local community to ask them, why are they there at all? more signs of the kind of upheaval donald trump's

russia. the first in nearly three years. secretary of state marco rubio discussing the war with ukraine with russia's foreign minister. ukraine was not in the meeting. late today, president trump saying of ukraine, you should have never started it, you could have made a deal. even though the world witnessed russia invade ukraine. here's our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell from inside ukraine tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in a radical break with the past, the u.s. and russia agreeing to work together. for the first time, in almost three years. the two sides discussing how to end russia's war in ukraine, but doing so without any ukrainian officials precept. >> we couldn't have imagined a better result. >> today is the first step of a long and difficult journey, but an important one. >> reporter: president trump just moments ago claiming he has the power to end this war, and falsely blaming ukraine for russia's invasion. >> and i think i have the power to end this war. and i think it's going very well. but today, i heard oh, well, we weren't invited. well, you've been there for three years. you should have never

he intends to end this war by diplomacy and bringing both russia and ukraine to the table. and the u.s. department of defense will help achieve this goal. we will only end this devastating war and establish a durable peace by coupling allieded strength with a realistic assessment of the battlefield. we want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous ukraine. but we must start by recognizing that returning to ukraine's pre-2014 board certificates an unrealistic objective -- borders is an unrealistic objective. chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering. a durable peace for ukraine must include robust security guarantees to ensure that the war will not begin again. this must not be mints 3.0 -- minsk 3.0. that said the united states does not believe that nato membership for ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement. instead, any security guarantee must be backed by capable european and noneuropean troops. if these proops are deployed as peace -- troops are deployed as peacekeepers to ukraine as any point, they should be delayed

president trump says negotiations will start immediately to end the russia-ukraine war. es after the u.s. welcomed home in american last night as part of a prisoner swap with russia. our washington correspondent maddie beer-temple reports. >> in exchange for getting marc fogel back home. white house officials say the u.s. is releasing a russian criminal alexander vinik. he was arrested for cryptocurrency fraud and convicted of money laundering. as marc fogel stepped back on american soil. feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. the white house says his release is a step forward in ending the russia-ukraine war. and it's a sign, as i just said, that we are moving in the right direction. president trump greeted the american teacher at the white house late tuesday after fogle spent about 3 years jailed in russia for having medical marijuana. it could be a big, important part of getting the war with ukraine. the prisoner swap comes amid new talks to end the russia-ukraine war. >> president trump said he had a phone call with russian president vladimir putin today. i th

maria: then there is ukraine president trump wants to negotiate peace between russia and ukraine saidtin is open to the discussion watch. >> president putin said that wants it to end doesn't want to end it and then go back to fighting six months later. we talked about the possibility i mentioned it of ceasefire so we can stop the killing, i think we will probably end up some point getting a ceasefire in not too distant future. >> kyle trump spoke with putin and zelenskyy on phone directed national security team to begin discussions at munich security clearance tomorrow trump said likely will meet with putin potentially saudi arabia ukraine likely not joining nato not practical, but i wonder when you think about president trying to put avkt on money sending ukraine, we've got veterans on street homeless, people are angry about it but if president can come up with this, idea, of reciprocity with rare minerals rich in ukraine, perhaps u.s. gets something for that money. your thoughts? >> you know, it would be nice if we could get something for all of our input hut, maria, the fact this s

russia? and would he be willing to go to ukraine in the future? >> secretary leavitt: i don't have any decisions to make on the president's potential visit to russia or any in-person meeting at this time. john? >> reporter: to questions, one on foreign policy, one on domestic policy. following up on the presence call with president putin, does the president view russia, view president putin as an ally, as a partner, as a competitor, or as an adversary? >> secretary leavitt: i believe this nation views putin and russia as a great competitor in the region, at times in adversary, as the president has said, as well, he enjoys having good diplomatic relationships with leaders around the world, finding that common ground, also calling them out when they are wrong, and leading from a position of peace through strength. that is the president's greatest strength and we have seen that again time and time again. >> reporter: pointed out in your statement regarding the confirmation of tulsi gabbard, there was one republican who voted against the nomination of

russia. he's questioned u.s. foreign aid for ukraine. he's a diminished the u.s. involvement and european involvement. so this clearly, as we learn more about this phone call, if the united states is adopting russia's view of this conflict, that is very much a challenge and a problem for, uh, the western world. but it would not be surprising necessarily, because if you look back at the history of of vladimir putin and donald trump from his first administration, it was generally president trump siding with putin, certainly over his own fbi. back at that helsinki summit and other places. so this is, uh, certainly a challenge here. and the beginning of a separation from other western allies, which we've already seen. so there is no doubt that the prisoner exchange last evening, without question, is amazing news here in the u.s. but deep, deep questions and skepticism about the relationship, which seems to be a priority for this administration. and it has been 12 years since a u.s. president has visited russia. we will see if donald trump is another one, but certainly

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and the piece still will be between russia and ukraine. not russia and america. i was so sure i'll just go to washington. well, it's here from ukrainian president reload him. is lensky who says that he's held what he calls very substantive talks with washington, the ends of war and new crime. he prizes what he described as terms of genuine interest in working towards pace. it is useful which the most time i met again blog . i had a conversation with president trump a good and detailed discussion. i am grateful to the president for his genuine interest in our share at opportunities, and how we can work together to bring real peace closer to to it was a long conversation. we discussed many aspects of diplomatic, military, economic and keepers down the drum and president trump informed me of what putting had told him because we believed in america strength is sufficient to pressure russia and putting in to piece together with us together with all our partners. lemme and con joins us now from popular opposite in easton, ukraine. and 1st of all, can you just give us a

russia will be there with our people. ukraine is also invited, by the way. sure exactly who is going to be there from any country. high level people from russia. from ukraine. and from the united states. reporter: you want russia back in the g-7? pres. trump: i'd like to have them back. it was the g-8, i said what are you doing? all you talk about is russia. and you -- they should be sitting at the table. i think putin would love to be back. obama and a couple of other people made a mistake and got russia out. it's possible that if that was the g-8 wouldn't have had the problem with ukraine. if i was president you definitely wouldn't have had the problem with ukraine. but you asked a very good question. the g-8, used on the g-8, then these people threw hem to out. -- threw them out. i was arguing with trudeau and with numerous of the people. actually, prime minister abe, a great minister from japan, a great man, agreed with me. 100% and some others did, too. but i got there and it was the g-7. i think it would have been helpful, still would be helpful to have

there was no ukraine and russia fighting. there was no october 7th, there was nothing and some very poor leadership lead to a lot of problems and a lot of death. and it's a shame, but we'll put it out. we'll put out the fires with a lot of fires and we'll put a mess. will a lot of plans change with time and a lot of debt has occurred since i left and now came back this death occurred not while i was here, but well somebody else was here. it shouldn't have happened. they shouldn't have allowed it to happen. who would have never happened, and that includes russia. ukraine would have never happened, not even a little bit, not even a chance. but now we are faced with the situation that's different in some ways better and in some ways worse. but we've faced with a very complex and difficult situation, but well, so we'll solve the problem is the one other thing? well, i think jordan, egypt will, i know they've spoken about it with you and they say they're not going to accept. i say that well, but i think other countries will accept

we need to make our teams prepare issues that are crucial for both russia and the u.s., including the ukraine conflict. but not only it fred pleitgen cnn moscow. >> that is the view from russia. i want to bring in cnn salma abdelaziz who is live in london, covering the reaction. quite a different reaction in ukraine. >> absolutely. and i think especially today for general kellogg, who is on the ground in. >> ukraine. >> he is the special envoy for russia, ukraine, for the trump administration. he set to meet with president zelenskyy today. but you can imagine that no one is envying his position. after all, these barbs were traded between president trump and president zelenskyy. and for president zelenskyy, who is, of course, trying to seek out what is best for the interests of ukraine, he increasingly must feel that president trump is simply not on his side. in fact, one of the things that president trump's envoys and his advisers have been working on with president zelenskyy is, as you mentioned, obtaining half of ukraine's mineral wealth at a time when it is most vulnerable, most weak and o

we're also dealing i think very successfully with russia, ukraine. we're going to hopefully get that one done. at some point in the not too distant future. that's a complex problem also. when i threat of there were no problems. there was no ukraine fighting. no october 7. very poor leadership led to a lot of problems and a lot of death and it's a shame. but we'll put out the fires. we have a lot of fires but we'll put them out. reporter: support palestinian state like the peace plan you presented in january, 2020, is this plan still on the table? president trump: a lot of plans change with time and a lot of death has occurred since i left and now came back. this death occurred not while i was here, but while somebody else was here. it shouldn't have happened. they shouldn't have allowed it to happen. it would have never happened and that includes russia-ukraine would have never happened. not even a little bit. not even a chance. but now we are faced with a situation that's different. in some ways better and in some ways worse. but we're faced with a

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is due to meet the us for the russia ukraine envoy for the russiameeting be? that is not clear, that meeting be? that is not clear. to _ that meeting be? that is not clear. to be _ that meeting be? that is not clear, to be - we - much —— ina ofan and with all itinerary. en's'w'rth stt'st' insults from donald these insults from donald trump, it is almost brinkmanship he is trying to brinkmanship he is'trying to into the proceedings over bring into the proceedings over ukraine's very future. mr kergg ukraine's very future. mr kellogg was not involved in the saudi talks and in his words, he is here to listen. it is an awkward foundation for a diplomatic visit. i think his diplomaticd'it eee eeeeeeee e are diplomaticd'it eee ...s.......... e are show distentaticeisite. "h1'-' hise— e . e e , e— ,, ,- are show him hosts are looking to show him what they call the [51am mam b takin him to the picture by taking him to the front lines and showing him the full of full horrors of russia's invasion. but as for going beyond that, i think we are heyond that, i th

ukraine plan would be much bigger. it wouldn't be a thato mission. and then, there's russia. ance of troops from nato countries in ukraine as part of any peace deal is completely unacceptable. put all of this together and in practice the prime minister's proposal would mean significantly expanding the u.k.'s military and a willingness, if need be, to militarily engage russia or its proxies. it's an acknowledgement of how much has changed. >> taking us through some of the numbers that might be involved. joining me now to discuss that further is dr. neil marvin director of security at the ros:ter: united services institute. welcome to "bbc news." you were listening across to what walt ralls had to say. do you think sir keir stormer's pledge is a realistic one? >> i think he's highlighted many, many questions that haven't been answered by this pledge. what exactly is the force, what are they going to do, where would they be, whose command would they be under, which countries would be involved and the key question is the u.k. actually ready to fight a nuclear superpower in the for

and canada should have given ukraine everything they asked for. and i will tell you that russia is taking 40,000 casualties a month. i don't know how long they can stay on this. the us -- this idea that ukraine is barely hanging on is not exactly correct. >> we should not rush towards any kind of negotiated peace deal, you think? sen. wicker: i think it would be wonderful if the fighting would stop. it would have been wonderful if the killing and fighting in world war ii could have stopped 2-3 years earlier and regrettably it didn't. but the allies at that point were more interested in victory and making sure that this kind of totalitarianism did not take over europe. so i was frustrated by the biden administration. >> you are now. sen. wicker: i went to the white house any number of times. i was on the phone with jake sullivan on a bipartisan basis. i sat in the skiff. >> a secure room. sen. wicker: with chuck schumer and democrats and republicans begging jake sullivan to give the attack to zelenskyy. they were doing well but don't make them go into battle or don't keep them in

and russia having these talks without participation from the e.u. and ukraines to set up the talks beginning in saudi arabia. meantime reuters writes this, russia rules out territorial conconcessions on the eve of talks with trump team, ruling out territorial concessions to ukraine. a source with knowledge of the kremlin thinking said on monday that putin was serious about doing a deal but not at any price. the kremlin said the talks would focus on restoring russian-u.s. relationships and possible talks of ending the war. meantime macron and trump have a conversation. the french president and president trump spoke on the phone moments before macron greeted european dignitaries. the president's office said the frank conversation last the 20 minutes. the call came as european leaders are trying to come up with a response to the upheaval posed by trump's second term. you know, politico says the upheaval and european leaders scrambling. they're basically trying to figure out what exactly president trump wants, how he wants it, how it's going to go, 'cause he's driv

because they've has no quick solutions, neither russia know ukraine wants to meet defeats and surrender, as it had been too many casualties on both sides. so it's probably too early, indeed for russia and ukraine to sit down at negotiation table at this stage. because russia is not in the most strong position taken into account as gains on the battlefield, we can see that despite the hardships, russia still has the results as to find it slowly but steadily moving forward on the bustle field and many, he expressed pessimism that the will, will continue for the coming months. you'd actually pop out of that. i'll just be wrapped most squares. meanwhile, european leaders have held their own emergency somers and powers to discuss that role in ukraine's future. a german child, so love sholtes as well, but no dick time can be imposed on ukraine. he also called on europe in the us to act together. when it comes to keen security shall gotten a report from the french capital for your pin security. is that a turning point said to you commission cheapest, you joined other you leaders in the head of

looks like europe may no longer be invited to the table, according to the us special envoy for ukraine and russiaspeaking at the munich security conference on saturday, keith kellogg said previous peace efforts had failed because too many parties were involved — suggesting that only the us, russia and ukraine should be part of negotiations. take a listen. my definition of "at the table," when you're actually sitting down there. you don't — to me, it doesn't mean their interests are not taken part of, they are not considered, they are not used, they are not developed. that means at the table — you have an ability to have input. but when you have those three — well, really, two — engaged partners with — you have russia and you have ukraine fighting right now — and president trump coming in as differently, to basically be — for lack of a better term — and we only uses it in the english language — going to — to think that he's going to do this alone is wrong. he never said that. it's all a definition of terms. at that same conference on saturday, ukraine's president called for europe to establish its

made a lot of progress on russia, ukraine. we will see what happens. but a lot of progress has been made. we are going to stop that ridiculous more. >> thank you, sir. next, we have designation of richard grinell to be your envoy for special missions. pres. trump: i sent him to california to turn on the water. it was not easy because we had to go through a lot of environmentalists that are causing a lot of problems. we have billions of gallons of water. it was on three days ago, you probably saw it. should have gotten a lot of press but it didn't get much. while we are doing is giving los angeles and the entire state of california virtually unlimited water, which they could've done five years ago, which i told them they should do, but the environmentalist stop them. we opened it and did it regardless of the state. now the state seems to be very happy. i spoke with gavin newsom. he is very happy. i almost called him by the other name, my little nickname for him. i think they were all happy. a lot of water in california. too bad

russia. it's in the interest of ukraine. it's in the interest of europe, but most importantly, piece is in the interest of the american people and he's going to fight for it. for the remainder of his administration for ever more breaks out. he's going to be the president of peace. now he of course is a very good negotiator, a very good businessman. he recognizes that a lot of these issues are tough. it's gonna take a smart statesman to figure this stuff out. but we've got that in the white house, and i, i really believe that we're in the cost of peace in europe for the 1st time in 3 years. because we have leadership from the oval office and we haven't had it in 4 years and discovery the not. and i mentioned this right when we started the conference we're, we're honored by the presence of 2 hostages that were freed. and after the hamas atrocity, the tragedy that we've seen happen. and we have several of the family members as well, who is still there. they're there and here's where they their loved ones are still being detaine

russia? and would he be willing to go to ukraine in the future? karoline: i don't have any decisions to make on the president's potential visit to russia or any in-person meeting at this time. reporter: two questions. one on foreign policy, one on domestic policy. following up on the president's call that he had with president putin. does the president view russia and does he view president putin as an ally, as a partner, as a competitor or as an adversary? karoline: i believe this nation views putin and russia as a great competitor in the region at times an adversary. the president said he enjoys having good diplomatic relationships with leaders around the world. finding that common ground, also calling them out when they are wrong and leading from a position of peace through strength. that's the president's greatest strength and we've seen that again time and time again. reporter: as you pointed out in your statement regarding the confirmation of tulsi gabbard. there was one republican who voted against the nomination of tulingsy gab -- tulsi gab

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. >> was made a lot of progress on russia, ukraine. we'll see what happens but a lot of progress has been made. we got to stop that ridiculous war. >> thank you, sir. >> next, richard cornell to be your envoy for special mission. >> i sent him to california to turn on the water. it was not easy because we had to go through a lot of environmentalists. we have billions of gallons of water. it was on the days ago you probably saw. it didn't get much. all we are doing is giving los angeles and the entire state of california unlimited water i told him they should but the environmentalists stopped him opened it and did it regardless of the state and i spoke with gavin newsom and he said, i almost called him by another name, my nickname for him. [laughter] i think they are happy to have water. too bad it wasn't two months ago, right? it was a big move. i don't know if you saw the pictures, or pouring down from the pacific northwest. it's pretty amazing the site. [inaudible] >> we will talk about that. he's a good man. >> mark burnett, special

let's look at the ukraine, russia just before president trump's integration. i happened to run into a general keith kellogg. kellogg is donald trump's envoy for resolving the ukraine, russia mess. and donald trump had been saying is, you know, that he would solve it in 24 hours. and then trump said, well, maybe it'll take 6 months. general kellogg said it's gonna take me a 100 days. so as you kind of look at it, look at the attention and you have been an advocate for negotiating. seeing negotiations between russia and ukraine as a key piece that needed to move forward. now that it's moving forward, do you worry that donald trump could agree or push a deal that gives russia a green light to expand further in what used to be considered sphere of influence? i don't think that donald trump is going to reach a meaningful agreement with the russians, and i can explain why. and i think the end result is that this war is going to go on. and i think the russians have a vested interest in taking more territory than the for all bloss and crime me, which they've already th